Increased awareness of accessibility?
July 24th, 2007From recent experience, awareness of web accessibility seems to be on the increase. Certainly it’s something which a number of companies have now moved higher up their priority list. This can only be a good thing.
I have always been of the belief that the internet is an enabler, both for non-disabled and disabled alike. The concept of the internet is that it is free for all (some residents of China may beg to differ but I would suspect they can’t access this site anyway, so it may be a mute point). The internet is not the barrier. Poorly designed sites are the barrier. I’m not talking about the hobbyist web designer building his or her site on Springer Spaniels. It would be unfair to put the burden of accessibility upon the shoulders of someone who is probably struggling with HTML. No, the real culprits are those who know better but fail to act, to the detriment of their customer base and the internet population in general.
It’s nice to see that the latter are slowly but surely becoming the minority.
